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What do
wholeness and perfection have to do with one another? Probably not much.
We pursue
perfection in all its many colors and varieties, sizes and shapes. We chase it, we plan for it, we scheme for
it, and the beat goes on.
And do we
find it? Is perfection really
attainable? And once we achieve our
visualized version of perfection are we then a whole and complete human being?
Probably not
for long.
Oops. I fell.
The fall could have been a physical stumble or a moral one; it could
have been an oversight or an outright lie.
What happens to “PERFECTION” then?
As human
beings we need to consider this, and perhaps give ourselves some slack. This quote helps me immensely.
“Wholeness does not mean perfection;
it means embracing brokenness
as an integral part of life.”
~Parker Palmer
In all my
years of living, I may have put in ten minutes of perfection. Yes, ten minutes. Well, maybe eight hours if you count while I
sleep, and that is on a good night.
But the idea
is this … we know we are broken people.
Perhaps it is what we do with our brokenness that is the determining
factor. Maybe it is the dawning of the
age of “embracing our brokenness.”
Perhaps we
are reaching a point in our thinking when we say “I have not been perfect and I
will never be perfect, yet I still accept myself.” “I may never get it ‘right’ but I like how I
try and try and try again. As long as I have
a will to try, I think I can embrace every circumstance in my life, and that
means my broken side as well.”
This is what
is on my mind today.
P Michael Biggs
Offering Hope
Encouragement Inspiration
One Word at a Time
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